UPBEAT Tommy Mooney insisted the past week at Walsall had been little short of fantastic.

Successive wins over Hartlepool, Doncaster and Huddersfield Town had taken the players from zero's to heroes within the space of a few days.

It's hard to believe Walsall had slumped to bottom spot in League One after the defeat to Oldham on September 22.

But Mooney maintained the massive turnaround in form hadn't materialised by chance and said: "The players have done everything the manager has asked of us and now we've given ourselves a real platform to go on and win more games.

"But the encouraging thing is that not only have we won the last three games, we have also put in three excellent performances.

"At Hartlepool we showed plenty of resilience to eventually get our reward, then at Doncaster we worked hard for 45 minutes before playing our football in the second half.

"Our last game against Huddersfield saw us play well for the full 90 minutes while restricting our visitors to a minimum of chances to keep a clean sheet."

Mooney is also thriving in his new role as captain and added: "I am enjoying the added responsibility of being captain and I intend to work hard to keep the armband.

"As the senior player, I was already passing on my knowledge to those around me and one of the loudest in the dressing room, so being made captain just makes things more official."

Mooney confirmed he was already relishing the prospect of playing at league leaders Tranmere Rovers on Friday.

He added: "We know that it's going to be a tough game, because Tranmere have proved to be a difficult side to beat so far.

"But we go into the game full of confidence from our performances in the last three games, two of which have been tricky away fixtures."